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Kenny Chesney's supersized country-music parties have been a fixture on Detroit's concert calendar for years — but this year's scheduled Ford Field stop is the latest show nixed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

After weeks of rearranging summer dates and routing, Chesney announced Thursday he's calling off the entirety of his Chillaxification Tour, which was to have included an Aug. 15 show at the Detroit Lions' home.

In keeping with policies that have settled into place across the tour industry in recent weeks, existing tickets will be honored for a rescheduled show, with refunds becoming available once that new date is announced.

Chesney's tour — an itinerary of stadiums and amphitheaters initially scheduled to launch in April — will be rescheduled for 2021, "when it’s believed issues surrounding COVID-19 will be more resolved," his team said.

The August show would have been the country superstar's 11th performance at Ford Field.

“With so many tours needing to move and wanting to make sure we are in the best possible circumstances for (my fans), I think — and I hate saying this — it’s best to move everything into 2021,” Chesney said in a statement Thursday. “In the best interest of everyone — No Shoes Nation, my road family, the staff at the venues — we have decided to quit moving the dates around on the calendar, trying to make a chunk of this year work and go to where we believe we can roll out the entire Chillaxification Tour.”